Classification of chemical substances (al-Razi)
Clasificación de sustancias químicas por origen y propiedades
- Date
- c. 920 · confidence medium
- Place
- Rayy (Tehran) and Baghdad
- Credited to
- Abu Bakr al-Razi (Rhazes)
- People
- 👤 Al-Razi866–925
- Field
- Matter & energy
What was discovered
In the Kitab al-Asrar, al-Razi classifies substances into minerals, plants and animals, and minerals into spirits, bodies, stones, vitriols, boraxes and salts. He describes laboratory equipment and reproducible procedures.
What it led to
- Chemical taxonomy
- Medieval pharmacopoeia
- Laboratory chemistry in Europe
Built on
- Jabirian corpus
Made possible
- Canon of Medicine and drug testing rules1025
- preparation of alkalis and medicinal salts